FOSS Backstage 2025

Lea Beiermann

Lea Beiermann is Ecosystem Coordinator at the German Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS), where she fosters strategic partnerships across the public sector and open source ecosystem to promote digital sovereignty through open source software solutions. With an academic background in STS and the history of technology, Lea brings a deep understanding of the social implications of technological transition, informing her current work ath the intersection of software and digital policy.


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Session

03-11
10:35
30min
How FR and DE are developing their digital sovereignty
Samuel Paccoud, Lea Beiermann

A few months ago, France and Germany decided to pool their resources to jointly develop sovereign digital applications for their respective administrative workplaces, based on common open source modules. Here's a look back and forward at this dynamic project, which is set to expand across Europe in the coming months.

Growing Open Source
Auditorium